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Arts - 7 Aprile

May Pope Francis’ Two Miracle-Workers Kill Coronavirus!

According to legend, the icon of the Madonna, known as Salus Populi Romani was painted by St. Luke himself and brought from Jerusalem to Rome by St. Helena during the 4th century. Like the Salus Populi Romani, the miraculous crucifix’s origin is not known; it’s probably Tuscan and may date to the fifteenth century. Romans are particularly devoted to both.

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News - 11 Marzo

Writing from Italy on the Coronavirus: “Two Weeks from Now the US Will Be the Same”

I am writing to you from Bergamo, Italy, at the heart of the coronavirus crisis. The news media in the US has not captured the severity of what is happening here. I am writing this post because each of you, today, not the government, not the school district, not the mayor, each individual citizen has […]

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News - 24 Febbraio

Chronicles From Northern Italy, in the Middle of the Coronavirus Psychosis

I was born in Milan, raised in a small city in the area of Monza, and on the day of the Coronavirus outbreak in Italy, I was about to spend an (almost) carefree weekend in Trentino Alto-Adige, a region till then "immune" from the epidemic. I got on the train aware that the first two cases of COVID-19 had been recorded about 60 km away from my hometown. Just a few hours later, the number of infected people had passed the dozen. In the evening, the news reported that two trains were blocked in the stations of Milan and Lecce for suspicious cases (which later turned out to be false alarms). The next morning, the headlines were all devoted to the first two confirmed victims: A 76-year-old woman residing in Lombardy and a 78-year-old originally from Vo 'Euganeo (Padua). On Sunday evening, the victims became three, on Monday morning that figure turned into four.

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News - 26 Novembre 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Health is the Lynchpin to America’s Future

Even if we discount the hyperbole of an imminent civil war in America, we can safely state that we are on the cusp of a social turning point. What does this have to do with Ginsburg? She may be the lynchpin to determine our future.

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English - 7 Novembre 2016

Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award: More Than Just Coffee

Andrea Illy explained there is one particular aroma, linked to a compound in the green coffee bean in Ethiopia, that, 20 years ago, his father Ernesto discovered was also a key component of the best scent existing in the world: Chanel No.5. “People don’t know that in one cup of coffee there are over 1000 aromatic compounds..."

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English - 6 Gennaio 2015

The Bathhouse: progressive hygiene from Ancient Rome to New York

Bathhouses were one of the most important services that progressive cities offered to their citizens. Similar to the baths of Rome from two thousand years ago, they helped make the city a healthy place and livable for all (Leggi in italiano)

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